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Yet another one...

Postby mrjake2002 » Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:47 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/linc ... 903339.stm

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Re: Yet another one...

Postby Hagar » Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:49 pm

Damn! I was talking to the owner of that at Popham only a few months ago. Check this out. http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/Magazine/May%2008/Leburg%20L107%20Sparrow.pdf
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Re: Yet another one...

Postby Fozzer » Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:53 am

Doug,

Before you posted your Photo of the Aircraft, (and the article), I was looking at the remains of the aircraft in the News Photo, and it looked remarkably like my FS 2002 "Tipsy Nipper" which I have just loaded up to do a comparison.

The mid section, and rear end, looks very similar to the Sparrow.

What a shame...poor old Chap...that was his pride and joy..I wonder what went wrong?... :'(...!

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Re: Yet another one...

Postby expat » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:18 am

Damn! I was talking to the owner of that at Popham only a few months ago. Check this out. http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/Magazine/May%2008/Leburg%20L107%20Sparrow.pdf


Brings it home a bit Doug, does it not :-/

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Re: Yet another one...

Postby Hagar » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:48 am

Doug,

Before you posted your Photo of the Aircraft, (and the article), I was looking at the remains of the aircraft in the News Photo, and it looked remarkably like my FS 2002 "Tipsy Nipper" which I have just loaded up to do a comparison.

The mid section, and rear end, looks very similar to the Sparrow.

What a shame...poor old Chap...that was his pride and joy..I wonder what went wrong?... :'(...!

Paul.

It's not my photo Paul although I do have some. The Sparrow was a nice-looking little aeroplane & much sleeker than the Nipper. If anything it resembled the Brugger Colibri mentioned in the article.

The strange thing is that it doesn't look badly damaged in the only photo I've seen.
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